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The Lendr Podcast — 95 episodes

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Before You Approve Another Draw, Listen to This

2

Stop Taking Your Borrower's Last Dollar. The Case for 100% LTC with Dan Beaulieu of Acadia Capital

3

Most Business Advice Is Garbage. Here's What Actually Worked for Me.

4

Guaranteed Payments Are Blinding You (Why | Quit Interest Reserves)

5

Getting Out of the Gray Area - Why This Lender Is Launching a Fund

6

The "No" Muscle - Why Turning Down Borrowers Gets Easier (ft. Dan Smith)

7

Join Our 1st Annual In-Person Lendr Al Mastermind Event

8

Is Direct Placement Illegal?

9

I'm Pro Al and Anti the Way You're Using It

10

From Competitors to Partners - The Behind the Scenes Story of the Lendr/MA Merger

11

How I Get Loan Applications for $126 on a $1,500/mo Google Ads Budget

12

Stop Being the Bottleneck - Building a Lending Business That Runs Without You (ft. Shaun Magner)

13

Mortgage Automator Acquires Lendr

14

Why We Never Broker Deals - 6 Points vs 1 Point and the Case for Staying Private (ft. Chris Haddon with Hard Money Bankers)

15

Direct Placement vs Fund Models - Which One Is Right For You?

16

8 Things You Didn't Know Lendr Could Do

17

Masterminds Are a Cheat Code - My Biggest Takeaways from the Baltimore Event

18

Why Jamie Dietz Talks Borrowers OUT of Deals (And Why It Builds Trust)

19

A Private Lender's Post-Mortem on Brandon Turner's $15M Loss

20

He Skipped Flips and Went Straight Into Private Lending - Interview with Avery Robertson

21

Lendr Product Update - Fund Earnings, AI Underwriting & More

22

Dumpster Marketing, Spam Hacks, and AI Agents - Mastermind Takeaways You Can Steal

23

What the Collapse of Spirit Airlines Taught Me About Private Lending

24

How to Make $500k THIS YEAR As a New Private Lender

25

The HUD Statement That Made Me Quit Flipping Forever

26

I Will Not Be Your Tuition. Hard Rules for Hard Money Lending

27

We Taught AI to Read a Contractor's Napkin Scribble (And It Worked)

28

How Two Engineers Built a $43M Lending Fund as a Side Hustle (David Little with Crown Capital Resources)

29

Something BIG is Happening - AI and the Future of the Mortgage Industry

30

Throwback: Make More. Work Less. Why I'm Raising Rates in a Tough Economy

31

What I Learned From the 40 Private Lenders in One Room (Atlanta Mastermind Recap)

32

The Hidden Cost of Letting Borrowers and Investors Set the Rules

33

50 New Lendr Features in 60 Days (Part 2)

34

50 New Lendr Features in 60 Days (Part 1)

35

Simple Scales, Fancy Fails - Building a Lifestyle Lending Business with Josh Nix

36

My 2025 Lending Year in Review

37

Your Pitch Deck Isn’t Raising Capital - Here’s What Actually Does

38

How I Lost $60,000 by Trusting a Borrower’s Numbers

39

Throwback: How Private Lenders Handle Taxes - 1098s, 1099s & More

40

Throwback: My 20-Minute Instagram Routine That’s Raised Over $2M

41

It's Stupid We Didn't Have This Before" - A Massive Lendr Update

42

How to Earn More on Every Loan - The Power of Dutch Interest

43

Playing Offense with Your Money - Lessons from a 9-Year NFL Vet turned Private Lender (with Devon Kennard)

44

How to Finance New Construction Deals Without Losing Your Shirt

45

What States Do I Need a License to Lend In? Kevin Kim on the Rules You’re Breaking

46

Why I Left Landlording Behind and Built a Lending Empire

47

Taking the 'Fun' Out of Funds (with Kevin Kim and Gerard Figurelli)

48

Hard Money, Hard Lessons: Inside the Realities of Private Lending

49

Active Income, Higher Returns - Why Private Lending Beats Note Investing

50

How We Made $52k in a Week Without Lifting a Hammer

51

From AI Features to Trust Ledger Fixes - The Latest Lendr Upgrades

52

Servicing Secrets - How to Add 2–5% Yield to Every Loan

53

I Dropped $5K on Alex Hormozi’s Workshop - Was It Worth It?

54

Zero-Stress Insurance Tracking - The Lendr Hack That Covers Your (Ass)ets

55

My Hard ‘No’ List - 15 Red Flags I Won’t Ignore in Private Lending

56

We Just Slashed ACH Fees by 70% - Here’s What Else Is New

57

Hard to Fund, Hard to Trust - My Simple Lending Filter

58

Gasoline for Your Deal Flow - Shane Powers on Turbo-Charging Hard-Money Leads

59

Using Private Capital to Pay Off College, Weddings, and the Future (with Logan Richetti)

60

My 20-Minute Instagram Routine That’s Raised Over $2M

61

40 Private Lenders in One Room - The Golden Nuggets That Will Transform Your Lending Business (Charleston Mastermind Recap)

62

Why We’ve Been Quiet (and What We Built for You)

63

Make More. Work Less. Why I'm Raising Rates in a Tough Economy

64

How I Messed Up My SEC Filing (So You Don’t Have To)

65

PPMs, Subscription Agreements & Fund Docs Explained (Listener Q&A)

66

How Private Lenders Handle Taxes - 1098s, 1099s & More

67

Why We Built Lendr

68

Do Less to Earn More - The Smarter Way to Profit

69

BIG Changes Coming to Holbrook Capital in 2025

70

Overcoming Burnout - Why Austin Geiser Left Wholesaling for Hard Money Lending

71

Raising Private Money Without Begging or Selling – with Jay Conner

72

The Capital Raising Secret That Nobody Talks About

73

Social Media for Lenders - Insights from Ellen Hicks on Instagram Growth

74

Lessons from 4,000 Loans - Jason Balin’s Conservative Lending Model

75

My 2024 Lending Year in Review

76

Transforming Lives with Loans - Ken and Ari Walker on Private Lending Success

77

Hard Money Mastermind Inner Circle Recap - Tampa 2024

78

Private Lending 101 - A Reverse Q&A with New Lender JJ Buckner

79

Scaling Smart - Matt Strong’s Approach to Hard Money Lending

80

The Wild West of Arizona Lending - Insights from Tadd Jones

81

Fast No's and Smart Lending + The Meaning of Life with Jevon Perra

82

Surviving Market Meltdowns - Kevin Green's 16-Year Journey in Private Lending

83

The Journey from Broker to Direct Lender (Insights from Marty Chera)

84

How to Build a Lending Business and Say Goodbye to the 9-to-5 with Loren Wernette

85

The EASIEST Way to Raise Capital for Private Lending

86

Running a $25M Lending Portfolio with Owen Dashner of Liquid Lending Solutions

87

Direct Placement vs. Fund Models

88

Why We Don’t Negotiate on Terms as a Hard Money Lender

89

How to Start a Fund for FREE

90

How to Make $250k THIS YEAR as a New Lender

91

Top Mistakes New Lenders Make

92

Should You Collect Monthly Payments?

93

Most Lenders Miss This Important Metric

94

Why Lending is the BEST Business Model

95

Why I Became a Hard Money Lender